The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

by two pictures, one on each side of his bed Of a
llfeboat going out and one coming in. know
irg," he says. that my system had saved nearly
thirty thousand lives, thought perhaps that
could hold the rudder and pull through He
adds: II wish some good writer would show the
effect of such associations on human misery and
happiness
In his young manhood the late Earl of Iddes-
leigh was esteemed the cleverest amateur actor
IN England. and at one time he actually thought
OF going on the professional stage. Later in
HE he was much interested in the church, and
read the lessons in his sons church at Pynes,
nrobably, as often as Mr.. Gladstone performed
the same services at Hawarden. He was, also,
the author OF revised and improved form of
the marriage service.
In the town of Jackson, Tenn, there is
shabby looking house occupied by negros, one of
the rooms of which was. until recently, embel-
lished with paper representing real estate now
worth more than $1,000, 000 The four sides
were covered with land grants belonging to one
OF the volumes Of the Land Office for West Ten
nessee that has been missing since the war. Mr..
Gates Register of the Land Office, has carefully
gathered up these valuable documents, and will
soon have them IL shape for future reference and
preservation.
THE death has recently occurred Of James
Nicholson, the last survivor of the storm-b beaten
passengers of the Forfarsh;re, who were rescued
by Grace Darling He never forgot that awful
night when. as he and all IN the rigging thought,
an angel with long, yellow hair flowing in the
wind, appeared, pulling vigorously to their ships
side through the storm and drift; but he very
rarely spoke of It. He, however, had enough OF
the sea, aud for twenty-six years afterward he
drove a locomotive the Edinburg g. Glasgow
railroad. He was seventy-one years of age, and
in the employment of an oil company when he
died.
Mr.. JOSEPH CHAMBERIAIN on his recent
visit to the Sultan of Turkey, had very fine
present made him in a strange manner. 1t
seems the Sultan wished to confer some personal
decoration on him, which Mr. Chamberlain de-
clined, and then on his daughter, which was also
declined Then, when he was taking leave the
Sultan placed envelope in his hand which
Mr. Chamberlain nut in his pocket and thought
no more about for several days. On opening it he
found a very costly cigar case 1t is described
as being of dull red-colored material, with a
crescent of rubes at the Top, just below crown
of diamonds, and below that the initials s'E
H., worked in diamonds also
THAT dashing confederate cavalry leader Gen.
Thomas L. Rosser, has been at the Gilsey House.
New York, for several days The Generals asplen-
did specimen of physical manhood. tall, we'll
formed, athletic man with a rudy color in his
cheeks He makes his home in Minnesota,
where he is heavily engaged in railroad con-
tracts. His winters are spent in Virginia, his
old home, so as to be near his son. who is stu
dent at the University OF Virginia. The General
is strong Democrat but remark that he
dropped yesterday about the Indiana senatorship
contest indicated that he is disposed to drop
party lines in certain contingencies. Said he:
II have really been hopeful that Senator Harri-
son would be returned from Indiana. / am a
Democrat, as everybody knows but if men like
Harrison are kept in the United States Senate
| this country is safe in all emergencies"